In the studio 6/12/16
I went to our Main Street three separate times to take photographs for this composition. I won't bore you with why it took three trips. I finally got photos I can use and cobbled together several…
Category: Studio Corner
In the studio 6/4/16
Main Street #1 is another painting based on Vermilion's Main St. I already finished Main Street #2 even though I started it after #1. [caption id="attachment_6031" align="aligncenter" width="600"] 'Main Street #1'[/caption] I plan several more…
In the studio 5/27/16
These small still lifes are based on photos I took during a trip to Colorado with my son, Garth. I started both of them the same morning, the upper one first. The larger one is 24"…
In the studio 5/22/16
This painting, Two Women at Playhouse Square is 30" x 36." As the name implies, it's part of my Playhouse Square series. I did the smaller study in neutral grays earlier this year. The painting…
In the studio 5/15/16
I have a lot of small canvases ready to go. By small I mean in the 24' x 30' range. Recently, I started painting landscapes on three of them. You can see the beginning of one…
In the studio 5/1/16
It's raw and cold for a May day in NE Ohio. It feels more like March than May--rainy, gray, and windy. A woman asked me why I don't spend more time teaching art on my…
In the studio 4/26/16
After a long hiatus, I worked on Washington Square Park again. How many times have I reworked the background? Well, are you going to tell me or not? [caption id="attachment_6030" align="aligncenter" width="600"] 'Washington Square Park'[/caption]…
In the studio 4/24/16
My work today on Spring was all blues: ultramarine blue-violet on the blouses of the outer-most figures; cerulean blue and black on the pants of the middle woman. Magnesium blue and Veronese green on the Bug. All…